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RisMedia.com (press release)
Don't Forget a Home Inspection with a New Construction Home
RisMedia.com (press release)
Unfortunately, many people who purchase new construction homes put a lot of trust in their builder and opt not to perform a home inspection. REALTORS® can help their clients take a proactive approach to identifying underlying problems in new homes by ...

Belmont College Workforce Development/Community Education Department announces ...
The Daily Jeffersonian
The online offerings will include home inspection courses, as well as IRS (Internal Revenue Service) tax preparation courses. These classes are completely web-based and can be taken at the student's convenience, when and where they want.

The Virginian-Pilot
Housing correction isn't deterring agents-in-training
The Virginian-Pilot
1, but the contract calls for a home inspection by Jan. 10, which date is considered the ratification date? One by one, Williams pointed to each student for a response. Most answered correctly: The first date. “Ratification date is the date that all ...

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A real estate investing guide for 2012
Washington Post
Especially for the first-time investor, the first step in buying a single- family home as an investment is to conduct a thorough and professional home inspection. You should accompany the inspector so he can show you the home's “bones” and point out ...

Should Real Estate Agents Attend The Home Inspection?
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Many real estate agents don't attend their buyer's home inspection because someone has told them that this increases their liability. I completely disagree. It's their conduct at the inspection that puts them at risk, not their presence.

Home repairs: Which jobs come first?
CNN
If he recommends significant repairs, hire a home inspection engineer (find one at nabie.org) to investigate ($350 to $500). Replacement cost: Major foundation work can cost $3500 to $8000; new posts or beams could run $1200 to $2500.

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Washington Times
Cover story: Greater contract clarity helps everybody
Washington Times
“There was often a question after a home inspection generated a list of things that needed to be fixed whether each item fell under a 'required repair' list or whether it was a negotiable item,” said Greg Ford, an associate broker with Keller Williams ...

The Five-Step Process to Home Buying
Patch.com
The five steps are securing financing, touring homes, writing and submitting offers, conducting a home inspection, and closing the transaction. This week we'll focus on step one, Securing Financing. If you intend on financing your home purchase, ...

Public Service
Inspection – bureaucratic burden or force for improvement?
Public Service
... teaching in classrooms, for example, or spending most the time on a children's home inspection talking with children and young people, observing the quality of daily interaction and relationships between staff and young people in the home.

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DILLHYON v. DUNN
Leagle.com
4 The inspection contingency of the Offer to Purchase provided that the offer was "contingent upon a Wisconsin registered home inspector performing a home inspection of the Property, and an inspection, by a qualified independent inspector, ...

Prepare for closing costs when buying a home
Orangeville Citizen
Many homebuyers choose to have a home inspection done prior to finalizing their offer to purchase. Some lenders require a professional home inspection as well. There are several types of insurance that may be required when buying your home.

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New online tool helps renters see if buying is affordable
Orangeville Citizen
There are real estate and legal fees, home inspection and moving costs, property taxes, utilities and interest rates. One of the best ways to determine if you can realistically afford to buy a home is to sit down and crunch the numbers.

Belmont College offers online courses
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
The online offerings will include home inspection courses, as well as IRS tax-preparation courses. These classes are completely web-based and can be taken at the students' convenience, when and where they want. Registration for the spring quarter is ...

Ask the Home Inspectors: Why even order a home inspection?
Victoria Advocate
A home inspection, performed by an inspector who possesses vast amounts of intricate knowledge about homes, can reveal deficiencies that cost far greater than the price of the inspection. Finding deficiencies can give you greater negotiating power ...

Earn AIR MILES® reward miles with a Mike Holmes Inspection
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The partnership means that Mike Holmes Inspections clients now have the opportunity to earn AIR MILES ® reward miles on their home inspection service. All homeowners who book and receive a Mike Holmes Inspection Essential package can now earn up to 50 ...

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County to wait on more extensive radon testing
Estherville Daily News
While Matt Popken of Advantage Home Inspection LLC observed a number of higher levels in the weight room at 8.2 picocuries per liter and in the computer storage/networking area at 7.8 picocuries, the level in the office of Emmet County emergency ...

Ending retrofit rebate program stings
London Free Press
But replacing its original wood-frame windows, skimpy insulation and old air-conditioner will have to wait -- the feds unexpectedly cancelled a hugely popular energy-retrofit program on Saturday, the day before her home inspection.

Standard Speaker
Petrilla back as Butler manager
Standard Speaker
He is a part-time zoning officer for Foster Township, White Haven and Conyngham borough, and operates a home inspection business. Township resident Robert Smull said he had "nothing against" those who were appointed, though he wish the process were ...

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What is Probate Sale and Why Would You Want to Buy it?
Fox Business
Yes, you're gambling the price of the home inspection without knowing if your offer will even be accepted, or if you'll be outbid by someone else in probate court. But would you rather gamble the cost of an inspection — or the cost of a house?

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AP Enterprise: Monkey owners flee La. crackdown
Fox News
Now the state says it will issue new permits only after a home inspection. "Louisiana has strict laws and regulations to prevent the kind of situation that happened in Ohio," said Maria Davidson, a former zookeeper and state Wildlife and Fisheries ...

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